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moving this blog to another account. will update soon :)

It's just weird that it happened twice.

#bg3 #im a bomb ur a bomb we're all bombs #everyone sincerely was superfucked already before the game even started lol #astarion #wyll #gale #karlach #tavs of baldur's gate #fan art

wait wait wait i get it now too i get why the mystra thing bothers me. i was watching a lindsay ellis video and she describes how ppl mischaracterize women who are with men who experience a great and tragic downfall, and oh my god DUH it's misogyny. of course. how did i not see it before???? it feels so obvious.

i wish i could put it into better words right now, but listen to that part i linked (tw for suicide and drug use it's kurt cobain) she says exactly what i suspect many people are doing with gale and mystra tbh.

#mystra #bg3 mystra #idk i'm gonna get a million hate messages but goddamn #MAYBE TBD #if anyone harasses me tho i'll leave it sheerly out of spite

dawnssky-moved

#alice madness returns #american mcgee's alice #in game

Fashion & Design in the BioShock Series (Part One)

Hello! Here is the fashion video at last! This took such a long time, but I hope it does its intended job of teaching people something new and adds a critical perspective to a game I think is art. Timestamps and resources are available in the description of the video, as well as closed captioning directly from the script I wrote. All of this was really fun to make, as I was able to deep dive into topics I really enjoy, like history, fashion, design, and video games! If you feel like I've missed anything or have questions, leave a comment, let's discuss!

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to watch it, it's always appreciated! If you like what I do, please like and subscribe! It lets me know this is work there is an audience for. And until next time, cheers! （ ´∀｀）☆

I’m just a huge defender of literature and the arts. I’ve been trying to work on a presentation for my college where I discuss art and its clear connection to our mental health. I don’t mind sharing the paper I wrote because it’s something I really wanna share with ppl cus I think it would help. Art is like the thing that clears the stopper up inside us and let’s us get out difficult emotions, as well as managing daily stress. There’s so much benefit to making and viewing art, and the thing is you don’t even have to be a master just making it at all is good for you.

But yea I think I’ve finally reached the age where I’m really concerned about the previous generations and the general well-being of the world on a whole and want to find ways to put more goodness out into it. But I digress I suppose lol.

#tbd l8r

you know, another thing about that Mystra post I should also consider is ppl who are younger probably just bring the media down to their level of maturity and understanding because how else would they connect with it? It’s just a lot of ppl don’t outgrow it they apply that same type of criticism to media as they get older, never learning that more nuanced style of reading and interpreting. I honestly feel there’s a connection between our poor education in US, anti-intellectualism, & the shortening of attention spans that leads to a generation of ppl who won’t be able to interpret deeper meanings to the technical aspects and traditions of writing and storytelling. This type of understanding is a skill that has to be taught to ppl and I don’t think that’s happening for most if it ever even was.

Of course, it isn’t always present in a story. We are drowning in a landscape of media being made most often than not for the strict purpose of profit. Art has been strangled by the requirement of monetary gain. But that comes down to a crisis of culture which has been happening for a long time, too.

#me rambling on a sunday morning lol #bg3 #Mystra #tbd